Receptacle holder and support



five/712 3 H B CRANSHAW ET AL RECEP'I'ACLE HOLDER AND SUPPORT Filed July 10 1922 April 8 1924.

Patented Apr. 8, 1924 C fill HAROLD B. CRANSHAW, OF WEST NEWTON, AND ELBRIDGE HUIEE, OE SOMERVILLE,

IQASSACIiUSETTS, ASSIGNOIt-S T CUTTER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF EVER- ETT, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

RECEPTAOLE HOLDER AND SUPPORT.

Application filed July 10, 1922. Serial No. 573,983,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HAROLD B. CRAN- SHAW and ELBRIDGE Horn, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of lVest Newton and Somerville, respectively,

in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Receptacle Holders and Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to holders for receptacles, particularly sputum cups and to means for supporting such holders in convenient positions for patients who find it necessary to use them, particularly for those who by reason of weakness may be confined to beds and wheel chairs.

Objects of the invention are to provide a support which may be removably attached to any convenient parts of furniture used by the patient, such as the posts at the head of the bed, the back of a chair, etc., to permit the holder to be moved on its support toward and from the patient, to provide cooperating parts on the holder intimately associated with the structure of the holder itself to receive a portion of the support and to securely dispose the holder thereon, and in general to improve receptacle holder structure with particular relation. to supporting such holders near patients who are weak and largely confined to beds.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention one concrete embodiment thereof is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which:

'Fig. 1 is a side elevation view;

Fig. 2 is a section throu h thereceptacle holder;

Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the clamping members.

The embodiment of the invention shown for the purpose of illustration comprises a support indicated by reference character A and a receptacle holder supported thereby indioated generally by B. The support is adapted to be removably attached to an article of furniture such as the post C of a bed or the frame of a frame member of a chair, etc., to dispose the receptacle holder. 13 in a convenient position for use by the patient.

' The support A comprises a post 5 upon which the receptacle holder B is arranged to be removably supported. When in use, post 5 is in a substantially upright position and has a horizontal portion 6 of any desired length to properly space the receptacle holder from the article of furniture to which it is attached. The other end portion 7 of the post serves as a pivot to which a pair of clamping members 8 are hinged, these members being generally semicircularin section as indicated in Fig. 4; and adapted to be drawn together in clamping relation by any suitable means such as a bolt and thumb nut9.'

The receptacle holder B comprises a frame substantially rectangular in form provided with spaced projecting members 10 and 11 attached to one side thereof and provided with aligned openings 12 through which post 5 may extend. These spaced members 10 and 11 are preferably integral parts of a handle 13 attached to one side of the frame B, and extending beneath the frame where it is attached to the opposite side thereof as at 14: (Fig. 2). The extension 13 of the handle beneath the holder is substantially flush with the lower edges thereof, this being efiected by reversing one side of the holder as indicated at 15, (Fig. 3). Extension 13 supports the receptacle G, in this case a sputum cup, with the holder B. Handle 13 is made fast to the holder at its various points of contact therewith in any suitable manner as by welding or soldering.

In the preferred form of handle shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the upper portion is bent upon itself at 16 to form the part 10, the upper rounded portion 16 of the handle serving as a stop for post 5, which permits free swinging movement of the handle about the post. If desired, the horizontal portion 6 of the post 5 may serve as a stop but this is inclined to cramp and prevent free swinging movement of the holder. The holder B may be provided with a gravity operated cover D having a weight E and a combined thumb rest'and stop F.

From the above it will be evident that the clamping support A. permits the receptacle holder to be conveniently attached to any suitable support such as an article of furniture to permit disposing the receptacle the movement of the post within its bearings.

lVe claim! 1. The combination with a support having a substantially upright post, of a receptacle holder having a handle comprising vertically spaced parts fast to said holder, said parts having aligned openings through which the post of the support extends.

2. The combination with a support having a substantially upright post, of a receptacle holder comprising a frame, a handle attached to one side of said frame at a plurality of points and extending beneath the frame and flush with the lower edges thereof, the superposed parts of said handle having aligned openings through which the post of the support extends.

3. The combination with a support having a substantially upright post, of a receptacle holder comprising a frame, a handle attached to one side of said frame and extending there beneath to the opposite side thereof, said first side being recessed slightly to receive the extension of the handle whereby the latter is flush with the lower edges of the frame, the superposed parts of said handle having aligned openings through which the post of the support extends. V

4. A receptacle holder comprising a container wall and a combined bottom closure and handle therefor having a portion extending transversely beneath and secured to the lower portion of the wall at opposite sides and a laterally and upwardly extending handle portion.

5. A receptacle holder comprising acontainer wall and a combined bottom closure and handle therefor having a portion extending transversely beneath and secured to the lower portion of the wall at opposite sides and a laterally and upwardly extending handle portion, said handle portion having'an inward extension secured to the upper portion of the wall.

6. A receptacle holder comprising a container wall and a combined bottom closure and handle therefor having a portion extending transversely beneath and secured to the lower portion of the wall at opposite sides and a laterally and upwardly extending handle portion, said handle portion having an inward extension secured to the upper portion of the wall, said handle terminating in an outwardly deflected portion, and the outwardly deflected portion and laterally extending portion of the handle having aligned apertures formed therein to-receive a. support while the inwardly extending upper portion of the handle limits the upward movement of the support through the apertures.

7 A holder of the character described comprising a frame member open at the top and bottom and a handle member having an upper scroll portion secured to the frame, a handle portion depending therefrom and a transversely extending portion projecting beneath the frame and secured to the lower portion of the frame whereby said portion forms a stop to limit clownward movement of an article within the frame.

8. A holder of the character described comprising a frame member open at the top and bottom and a. handle member having an upper scroll portion secured to the frame, a handle portion depending therefrom and a transversely extending portion projecting beneath the frame and secured to the lower portion of the frame whereby said portion forms a stop to limit downward movement of an article within the frame, said transversely extending portion and a part of the scroll having apertures formed therein to receive a pivotal support and an additional portion of the scroll overlying the apertured portion to limit the movement of the pivotal support therein.

Signed by us at Boston, Massachusetts, this seventh day of July, 1922.

HAROLD B. CRANSHAWV. ELBRIDGE HUFF. 

